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Copper Alloy Shaft-Hole Axe, Late Bronze Age II Cypriot weapons & armour
Copper Alloy Shaft-Hole Axe, Late Bronze Age II Cypriot, c. 1500–1300 BC. British Museum, 1933,0406.126.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Late Bronze Age II

Copper Alloy Shaft-Hole Axe

Copper alloy shaft-hole axe. Central oval shaft-hole Dimensions: Length: 167 millimetres; Width: 60 millimetres blade ; Width: 40 millimetres shafthole Object Type: axe

Classification

Object type
Weapon
Material
MetalCopper and bronze
Period
probablyBronze AgeLate Cypriot (Late Bronze Age)
Date
1500 - 1300 BC
Place of production
probablyCyprus

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Accession No.

1933,0406.126

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Found/Acquired: Mount Howe

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